Is the heat making your body restless? These days the temperatures have gone so high, that it robs your body of not just water but also the electrolytes like sodium, magnesium and potassium, that are responsible for making our muscular system work. For few people, the body naturally generates lot of heat, due to which they get restless soon. Your body requires lots of water to balance its temperature. There are various natural health benefits of consuming water. To protect your body from this hot weather, you must drink around 7-8 glasses water per day. You can also choose fresh juicy fruits which has high water content in them. Fruits contain lots of vitamins and essential minerals required for human body. So, add lots of fresh and juicy fruits drinks to regulate body temperature in your regular diet chart.
To make your body heat cool, always pick fruits like musk melon and watermelon as they contain 70-80% of water in them. Coconut water is the best and natural electrolyte. Beat these high temperatures with cool and juicy fruit drinks. Let’s prepare some cool fruity drinks by picking up nice and juicy fruits and add zest by mixing various traditional Indian herbs and spices to it.
Here are few simple drinks to regulate your body temperature:
Ingredients
Procedure: Take ½ tsp fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and cumin seeds in a frying pan and dry roast them. Place this roasted masala and 120 ml low-fat yoghurt in a blender. Add ½ tsp. salt to the mixture. Blend the mixture well till it gets a smooth texture. Serve this chilled spicy chaas with crushed ice. Garnish the chaas with cumin (jeera) powder and mint leaves.
Benefits: Buttermilk cools you down when the weather is very hot and lowers your acidity levels. It has fewer calories and is the best drink to treat the digestive problems.
Ingredients
Procedure: Take a fresh pineapple and cut it into 7-8 chunks. Put these pineapple chunks in a blender and add 1 tsp. cumin powders and other spices to it. Add 20 ml of water, 6-7 ice cubes and 1 tsp. rock salt to the mixture. Blend the mixture till it forms a purée Strain the purée into a glass. Serve the Panna with ice cubes in a tall glass and garnish it with a slice of pineapple.
Benefits: Pineapples are very healthy and have various nutrients. It is packed with various vitamins and minerals. This fruits deals with digestion problems and also prevents cough and cold. They build and maintain strong bones.
Ingredients
Procedure: Take a fresh musk melon. De-seed the melon and cut it into 8 pieces. Place the melon pieces along with ice cubes in a blender. Now, add 1 tsp salt and 1 tbsp honey to it. Blend the mixture well. When the mixture acquires a frozen texture, serve it with crushed ice. Garnish it with a melon slice.
Benefits: Musk melon or watermelon contains 70-80% of water. This fruits improves your metabolic rate. It controls the cholesterol levels and also treats hyper acidity.
Green Apple Granita
Ingredients
Procedure: Take a fresh green apple and cut it into large chunks. Place these chunks into the blender and add 6-7 mint leaves it to, as gives freshness to the drink. Blend the mixture along with ice till it acquires a proper texture. Add 1 tsp salt and 2 tbsp honey to the drink. Serve this frozen drink in a tall glass. Garnish with an apply slice and mint leaves.
Benefits: Green apples have various health benefits and have beauty enhancing qualities. They give you a glossy skin. Green apple is rich in fibre and helps to clean the digestive tract. This fruit also cures diarrhoea and constipation.
Ingredients
Procedure: Take 160 ml of fresh coconut water in a container and add 20 ml of low-fat cream to it. Place it in a blender and add 50 ml of fresh pineapple juice to the mixture. Blend it with ice cubes. Serve this chilled drink in a tall glass. Garnish with coconut pieces.
Benefits: Coconut water has fewer calories. It keeps your body cool and keeps you away from dehydration. It is a natural electrolyte which boosts your immunity system. It also promotes weight loss.
These are few fresh fruit drinks to regulate your body temperature. You can replace soft drinks with these simple and refreshing drinks, as they various health benefits. These fruit drinks can be consumed regularly as they have fewer calories and promotes your immunity system.
Manoja Kalakanti